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EMCrit Wee - The Physiology of Oxygenation with Alex of Deranged Physiology

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The Importance of Exogenous Carbon Dioxide in Paralysis

I think that it's an absolutely valid way of looking at it because the two are inextricably linked. If anyone out there wants to do this experiment, I think it would be easily proven is you just need to give- You just have to give exogenous carbon dioxide to a patient who's paralyzed on the vent. The next image from that same tweet actually has a patient with a profound alcholemia. Their pH is 7.6 in this case. What's the highest pH you've ever seen, Alex?

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